Lian Li PC-A05 - static pressure intake fan?

ts316 · 4 Mar 2015 at 20:39

I've recently just purchased a second hand Lian Li PC-A05. I'm looking for some advice as to what sort of fan I should use as the front intake. It's in quite an enclosed space and is blowing air directly on to the HDD cage. Would a static pressure fan be beneficial in this case, as opposed to a standard airflow fan?

Cheers!

troops · 5 Mar 2015 at 16:44

The one problem i found with this case is that PSU exhausts towards the fan in question.

ts316 · 5 Mar 2015 at 19:07

Yeah I've noticed that too. Fortunately, my power supply doesn't give off much heat (at least, not to the touch) and I don't put very high loads on it as I'm not overclocking anything, so it's not too much of a problem.

DavidS14 · 6 Mar 2015 at 08:42

I put some draft excluder foam above the PSU across the inside of the front of the case.

It stops any warm air from the PSU being drawn in from the upper fan and the fan still draws air through the vents at the side.

ts316 · 7 Mar 2015 at 00:36

DavidS14 said:
I put some draft excluder foam above the PSU across the inside of the front of the case.

It stops any warm air from the PSU being drawn in from the upper fan and the fan still draws air through the vents at the side.

I hadn't thought of that; brilliant idea. Will have to try it!

Cheers!